WOMAN SHOP-LIFTERS.
SENTENCED IN CHRISTCHURCH. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Chirstchurch Feb. 27. At the Magistrate’s Court, Virginia O’Brien and Elizabeth Ann Fisher, who admitted five separate charges of shoplifting. were each sentenced to a month's imprisonment. In a statement. Mrs. Fisher said that she was divorced from her husband and had three children and committed the thefts in order to provide for them. O’Brien admitted having assisted in the thefts. The Magistrate said he could not treat accused as first offenders because they had been stealing systematically. Had they been men he would have sent them to gaol for three months. He added that some charitable institution would look after the children.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 February 1922, Page 5
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111WOMAN SHOP-LIFTERS. Taranaki Daily News, 28 February 1922, Page 5
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